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India temporarily shifts embassy from Khartoum to Port Sudan

India has decided to temporarily relocate its embassy from the violence-hit Sudanese capital city of Khartoum to Port Sudan in view of the prevailing security situation in the African country.......

PM to chair meet on situation of Indians in hit Sudan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a high-level meeting on Friday to review the situation concerning Indians in violence-hit Sudan, government sources said on Friday. IMAGE: People gather at......

231 Indians evacuated from Sudan, land in Ahmedabad from Jeddah

As many as 231 Indians, including 208 Gujarat residents, who were evacuated from strife-torn African nation Sudan under the Centre's ’Operation Kaveri', landed at Ahmedabad airport on......

Operation Kaveri: India brings back home 186 more citizens from Sudan

India on Sunday brought back home another batch of 186 people under 'Operation Kaveri' that was launched a week back to evacuate Indians stranded in violence-hit Sudan. IMAGE: Fifteenth batch of......

Operation Kaveri: Another batch of 229 Indians from Sudan reaches Bengaluru

India brought home another batch of 229 people on Sunday under its mission to evacuate stranded Indians from violence-hit Sudan. IMAGE: Indian nationals, evacuated from war-torn Sudan under......

World's 30 best cities to live in

European cities continue to dominate the list of world's best cities to live in, according to the Mercer 2012 Quality of Living Survey. Globally, the cities with the lowest quality of living......

Deora in Sudan to resolve OVL's pay dispute

On his maiden African Safari, petroleum minister Murli Deora on Monday pitched for more oil acreage for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in Sudan while seeking resolution of dispute over payments......

13 global brands flunk test to stop genocide

Thirteen of the 19 sponsors, including Coke and Visa, of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games have failed a test challenging them to pressure host China, Sudan's strongest business and political partner, to......

Indian power expertise to Sudan for oil

Indiahas offered its expertise in the power and the textile industry to Sudan in return for a right to carry out exploration of oil and gas in the east African country. The offer was made Thursday......

Videocon to set up greenfield unit in S Africa

Videocon group plans to set up a greenfield manufacturing project for white goods in South Africa.Chairman Venu Gopal Dhoot said the group would produce and market air conditioners, washing......

Spielberg meets UN to discuss 2008 Olympics

Barely two months ago, Oscar-winning film director Steven Spielberg withdrew as artistic adviser to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing over China's policy on the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region. On......

Rio: Enduring slavery, civil war - A touching tale of a South Sudanese marathoner

When he was a boy his parents sent him to live with an uncle in Khartoum because it was safer. But it took three years to get there. At one point he was abducted and forced into servitude for a......

Embassy denies Sudan runner applied for UK asylum

The Sudanese Embassy on Friday denied that one of its Olympic runners had applied for asylum in the U.K, contradicting previous reports. A British government official confirmed the asylum request......

South Sudanese runner to race under Olympic flag

A marathon runner born in what is now South Sudan will be allowed to run under the Olympic flag in London, the International Olympic Committee said on Saturday. As a 16-year-old Guor Marial moved......

Nigerian footballer dies during Sudan game

Nigerian footballer Endurance Idahor died after collapsing during a game in Khartoum on Saturday, football association officials said. Idahor, 25, who played for Sudan's Al-Merreikh club, clashed......

FIFA to meet over Henry handball, fixing probe

FIFA will hold an extraordinary meeting before next month's World Cup draw to discuss Thierry Henry's handball in the qualifiers and the discovery of a match-fixing ring by German police. The......

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